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Top contractors of NASA: FY2022

FY2022 · complete year · data as of 2026-07-11

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California Institute of Technology received more money from NASA than any other recipient in FY2022: $2.6B in obligations. Ranked by what NASA obligated to each recipient in FY2022, so the list is about this agency's money rather than a contractor's overall size. Combined corporate families count once. Computed

Ranked from USASpending records. FY2020 to FY2026 are loaded. Rank vs FY2021 is each name's change in position from FY2021; a dash means the name was not in FY2021's data.

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RankNameFY2022FY2021ChangeRank vs FY2021
01California Institute of Technology0 awards$2.6B$2.3B+14%same
02Space Exploration Technologies Corp.0 awards$2.1B$1.6B+28%▲ 1
03The Boeing Company0 awards$1.7B$1.6B+4%▼ 1
04Lockheed Martin Corporation0 awards$1.3B$1.3B−3%same
05Amentum Technology, Inc.0 awards$942.6M$1B−9%same
06KBR, Inc.0 awards$719.5M$638.4M+13%same
07Science Applications International Corporation0 awards$443M$508.1M−13%▲ 1
08Leidos, Inc.0 awards$374.7M$400.9M−7%▲ 2
09Northrop Grumman Systems Corp0 awards$371.1M———
10The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC0 awards$349.2M$252.3M+38%▲ 5
11Aerojet Rocketdyne of DE, Inc0 awards$303.4M$434.9M−30%▼ 2
12Science Applications International Corporation0 awards$282.5M$264.3M+7%same
13Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.0 awards$281.5M———
14Atk Launch Systems LLC0 awards$262M$254.6M+3%▼ 1
15Science Systems and Applications, Inc.0 awards$258.8M$266.9M−3%▼ 4
16Peraton Corp.0 awards$253.1M$201.1M+26%▲ 1
17Lanteris Space LLC0 awards$224.3M———
18Syncom Space Services LLC0 awards$167.6M$182.5M−8%same
19The Regents of the University of Colorado0 awards$153.9M$148M+4%▲ 2
20BAE Systems, Inc.0 awards$150.7M$207M−27%▼ 4
21Sierra Nevada Company, LLC0 awards$136.5M———
22RTX Corporation0 awards$123.2M$70.9M+74%▲ 5
23Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc.0 awards$121.8M———
24Axiom Space Inc0 awards$118.4M———
25Astrobotic Technology Inc0 awards$118M———
26The Regents of the University of California0 awards$113.5M$51.7M+120%▲ 6
27Asrc Federal System Solutions LLC0 awards$108.1M$101.3M+7%▼ 5
28The University of Iowa0 awards$106.7M$10.3M+937%▲ 38
29Amentum Services, Inc.0 awards$88M$99.6M−12%▼ 6
30Southwest Research Institute0 awards$82.7M$159.1M−48%▼ 10
31The Aerospace Corporation0 awards$76.8M$86.7M−11%▼ 7
32Healtheon, Inc0 awards$72.5M———
33Booz Allen Hamilton Inc0 awards$68.7M———
34University of Maryland, College Park0 awards$66.8M$69.5M−4%▼ 6
35Trax International Corporation0 awards$60.2M$48.2M+25%▼ 1
36HX5 LLC0 awards$51.7M$63.1M−18%▼ 7
37University of Arizona0 awards$48.2M$44.3M+9%▼ 2
38United Launch Services, LLC0 awards$40.8M$85.3M−52%▼ 13
39The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.0 awards$38.8M$9.7M+300%▲ 30
40General Electric Company0 awards$35.7M$52.2M−32%▼ 9
41CACI International Inc0 awards$34.6M$34.7M0%▼ 4
42Massachusetts Institute of Technology0 awards$34.6M$26.1M+32%▼ 2
43Axient LLC0 awards$32.6M———
44The Johns Hopkins University0 awards$32.2M$25.6M+26%▼ 3
45Regents of the University of Michigan0 awards$28.5M$21.6M+32%▼ 1
46Colsa Corp0 awards$26.8M$39.9M−33%▼ 10
47University of Hawaii0 awards$24.5M$23.5M+4%▼ 4
48AECOM Technical Services, Inc.0 awards$22.7M$24M−5%▼ 6
49The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York0 awards$22.6M$19.4M+17%▼ 4
50University Corporation for Atmospheric Research0 awards$20.1M$18.3M+10%▼ 1
51Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated0 awards$19.6M$1M—▲ 93
52Four Points Technology, L.l.c.0 awards$19.1M$17.3M+10%▲ 1
53The Pennsylvania State University0 awards$18M$15M+20%▲ 3
54CH2M Hill, Inc0 awards$17.8M$29.7M−40%▼ 15
55The Leland Stanford Junior University0 awards$17.6M$11.9M+48%▲ 5
56V2X Aerospace LLC0 awards$17.5M$17.7M−1%▼ 5
57V2X, Inc.0 awards$17.5M$17.7M−1%▼ 5
58Thundercat Technology, LLC0 awards$17.4M$15.9M+9%▼ 3
59University of Oklahoma0 awards$16.9M$13.7M+23%▼ 2
60University of Washington0 awards$16.7M$19M−12%▼ 13
61University of California, Los Angeles0 awards$16.6M$18M−8%▼ 11
62The Trustees of Princeton University0 awards$16.5M$13.6M+22%▼ 3
63Georgia Tech Research Corp0 awards$16.3M$16.7M−2%▼ 9
64University of Wisconsin System0 awards$14.9M$11.4M+30%▼ 2
65University of Texas at Austin0 awards$14.2M———
66University of Illinois0 awards$13.3M$10.3M+28%▼ 1
67University of Texas at Austin0 awards$13.2M$10.3M+29%same
68University of California, San Diego0 awards$13.2M———
69University of Florida0 awards$12.9M$10M+29%▼ 1
70Baylor College of Medicine0 awards$12.8M$19.2M−34%▼ 24
71Rei Systems, Inc.0 awards$12.5M$10.6M+18%▼ 7
72Washington University, the0 awards$11.8M$9.6M+24%▼ 2
73Cornell University0 awards$10.8M$4.9M+121%▲ 16
74The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees0 awards$10.6M$11M−4%▼ 11
75Trustees of Boston University0 awards$10.1M$6.3M+59%▲ 6
76University of Alaska Fairbanks0 awards$10M$7.3M+37%▲ 1
77Purdue University0 awards$10M$11.6M−14%▼ 16
78The University of Chicago0 awards$8.9M$8.8M+1%▼ 6
79Montana State University0 awards$8.8M$7.3M+21%▼ 3
80Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory0 awards$8.7M———
81Four LLC0 awards$8.5M$7.8M+10%▼ 7
82Louisiana State University0 awards$8.3M$1.8M+372%▲ 47
83All Points Logistics, LLC0 awards$8.1M———
84Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution0 awards$7.8M$6.8M+15%▼ 6
85Colorado State University0 awards$7.7M$5.8M+33%same
86National Academy of Sciences0 awards$7.7M$3.3M+132%▲ 19
87Regents of the University of Minnesota0 awards$7.4M$6.5M+14%▼ 8
88Lmi Consulting, LLC0 awards$6.9M———
89University of Delaware0 awards$6.8M$4.5M+50%▲ 5
90President and Fellows of Harvard College0 awards$6.3M$4.3M+47%▲ 6
91Oregon State University0 awards$6.3M$5.3M+18%▼ 5
92University of California, Davis0 awards$6.2M$6.4M−3%▼ 12
93University of California, Santa Barbara0 awards$6M$6.3M−4%▼ 11
94Govsmart, Inc.0 awards$5.7M———
95George Mason University0 awards$5.7M$5.1M+12%▼ 7
96University of California Irvine0 awards$5.6M$5.1M+10%▼ 9
97DRS Network & Imaging Systems LLC0 awards$5.3M$8.9M−40%▼ 26
98Leonardo DRS, Inc.0 awards$5.3M———
99Ohio State University, the0 awards$5.3M$5.9M−10%▼ 16
100Brown University0 awards$5.1M$4.5M+13%▼ 8

Obligations are the dollars the agency committed, which is not the same as dollars paid out. A recipient can appear on several agencies' lists; each ranks only its own money.

Questions

Who is NASA's biggest contractor in FY2022?
California Institute of Technology, with $2.6B obligated in FY2022. Second is Space Exploration Technologies Corp. at $2.1B.
Where does this ranking come from?
It is computed from USASpending.gov award records, which are U.S. government works and in the public domain. Each figure is the total NASA obligated to that recipient in FY2022. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
How many recipients are shown?
The top 100 for FY2022. Each row opens that recipient's own page, where the same money is broken out by year, by counterparty and by place.
Does a high position mean anything is wrong?
No. This is a description of where public money went in FY2022, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.

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